Hospitals, Qualcomm to team up on wireless patient monitoring project

Two local hospitals will use wireless technology made by Qualcomm Inc. to remotely monitor the vital statistics of their patients, giving doctors a real-time look at biometric data from weight to blood glucose level.

UC San Diego Health System and Tri-City Medical Center in Oceanside have both announced that they will use Qualcomm’s “
2net
” hub device, which provides a secure link from a patient’s home to the hospitals central electronic medical records system.

Patients will be given kits that include a Qualcomm 2net hub and digital medical devices, like a scale, blood pressure cuff or blood glucose meter, which can send vital statistics to a patient’s electronic medical record using the new technology.

The system is promoted for use with patients who suffer from a chronic disease like diabetes where the regular monitoring of data like blood sugar and weight can be critical to getting the disease under control and preventing hospital re-admissions.